Trousers presser and creaser.



N 830.756. PATENTED SEPT.11, 1906.

H. G. WARFEL. TROUSERS PRESSER AND OREASER.

APPLICATION FILED 0O1.4, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. WVARFEL OF PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY H. HOMER, W'ILLIAM F. GILL, AND RALPH G. SWIRES, OF

PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TROUSERS PRESSER AND CREASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY C. l/VARFEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philipsburg, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Pressers and Creasers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in trousers pressers and creasers, and has for its object the provision of a convenient and compact device for effectively pressing and creasing trousers when placed therein in order to preserve their shape and present a pleasing appearance.

The invention consists, essentially, of two hinged members with means for fastening them together over a pair of trousers, provision being made for the accommodation of the thickened bottom portions of the legs of the trousers and also for the waist in order that the trousers may be uniformly stretched and creased throughout their length.

In the drawings I have illustratedone example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the novel features of construction.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete device. Eig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the device with the mem bers thereof opened for the reception of a pair of trousers, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail view of the means for fastening the members of the device together.

The two sections 1 and 2 of the device are I preferably made of comparatively heavy wood and are hinged at 3 3. The flaps of the hinges 3 and 3 are preferably sunk in the wood, so as to avoid undesirable projections and to present a more finished appearance. The upper and lower sections are provided with a strengthening-batten or cross-strip 4 and 5, respectively, which are secured, as usual, by screws.

The sections 01' legs of the presser may be detachably fastened together by means of the pair of L-bolts 6 and 7, which are pivoted,

as shown in Fig. 4 in recesses in the battens and adapted to fold or be turned up into vertical position in the slots or grooves 8 and 8, formed in the upper and lower sections, respectively, and at each side thereof. When the bolts are in turned-up position in the slots, they may be secured by the winged nuts or butterflies 9 and 9, located on the screw-threaded ends of the bolts.

To make provision for the thickened or turned-up bottoms of the legs of the trousers, I cut out or groove the lower section at 10, and to provide for the full waist portion of the trousers I out a Vshaped piece from the upper section, leaving a space or opening 11 therein.

Now when it is desired to stretch or crease a pair of trousers the sections are opened, as in Fig. 8, and the trousers are laid on thelower section, (dotted lines,) with the thickened legbottoms resting in the groove 10. The upper section is brought down or permitted to fall and simultaneously the trousers are pulled atthe waist or upper portion. The upper section clenches the bottoms of the trousers-legs in the groove or cut 10 and holds them against the pull at the waist. Thus the trousers may be stretched uniformly, and the bulging waist sides are accommodated in the V-shaped cut 11. l/Vith this construc tion I am enabled to stretch and crease the trousers uniformly throughout their length.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, two sections hinged at one end, one of said sec tions having a depression adjacent said hinged end, one of said sections having a V shaped opening therein at the opposite end and means for clamping said hinged sections together.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. WVARFEL.

WVitnesses:

G. G. Po'r'rse-novn, M. G. Po'r'rsenovn. 

